Data transfer methodology between a FEM program and a system simulator

Author

Kanerva, Sami

Author_Institution

Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

37104

Firstpage

1121

Abstract

This paper presents a methodology for data exchange between a finite element method program and a system simulator. With this methodology, it is possible to simulate electrical machines, circuits and control systems together in time domain. An interface is developed between FCSMEK, a program for 2-dimensional finite element analysis, and SIMULINK. The implementation is based on both intermediate files and direct transfer of variables. The intermediate file approach is used in the initialization phase or at the end of the simulation, but during the time stepping analysis, variables are exchanged directly between the programs

Keywords

circuit simulation; digital simulation; electric machine analysis computing; electronic data interchange; finite element analysis; software packages; 2-dimensional finite element analysis; FCSMEK; FEM program; SIMULINK; circuits; control systems; coupled field-circuit problems; data exchange; electrical machines; finite element method program; initialization phase; interface; intermediate file approach; intermediate files; system simulator; time domain; time stepping analysis; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Coupling circuits; Equations; Finite element methods; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Power system modeling; Power system simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines and Systems, 2001. ICEMS 2001. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shenyang

Print_ISBN

7-5062-5115-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEMS.2001.971875

Filename

971875